PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2017

While many in the Greater Boston area stayed indoors to keep clear of the arctic chill that had descended upon the region, eight teams hunkered down in offices in the middle of the Financial District with another goal in mind: reimagining the retail and payments experience using AR/VR technologies. The Challenge.

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AUGUST 9, 2017

But, while more consumers are heading to mobile retail channels, the personal experience and ability to touch and preview items in-person offered by physical stores still holds allure for roughly 70 percent of shoppers. People aren’t [going] online anymore — they’re online all day,” Schambach said.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Big brands are opening pop-up shops chock full of digital commerce technology and experiences for fans, and Nike is no exception. Beyond the pop-up shop, the retailer is opening a “Studio of Dreams” Super Bowl Content Studio on the same block. That store is located only 45 minutes away from one of its Boston-area locations.

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DECEMBER 24, 2020

Building The (Retail) Use Cases. Jeremy Allaire , CEO of financial technology firm Circle , told PYMNTS that digital currencies are ready to transition from speculation to become more broadly adopted in everyday commerce. . But he added that eventual use cases could include stimulus payments and all manner of other transactions.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2020

These days, it seems like you can hardly go a minute without hearing about the rise of 5G, the spread of facial recognition or how friction is being removed from all types of payment methods. The agency has approved almost 13,000 low-Earth orbit satellites, which encompass 11,943 for Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

One key reason: the New Payments Platform is doing just fine. But: The bank is keeping an eye on the experiences and progress of other nations, and still is researching its own technological and “policy implications” of wholesale forms of CBDC. As reported by Cointelegraph Thursday (Sept.

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Celent Banking

MARCH 14, 2017

This is the next instalment of our Model Banking preview blogs, and it’ll come as no surprise that I will focus on Payments. It’s also somewhat frustrating too at times – payments, covering so much territory, often ends up with the tricky task of comparing two very different projects, and trying to decide which is best.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

To serve customers who want to shop in stores and online, retailers and solution providers are working to offer a unified retail experience across multiple channels. According to the latest PYMNTS mPOS Tracker , almost two thirds – or 63 percent – of retailers plan to offer this option within the next three years. Roche Bros.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2019

While some markets may be seeing relatively slower adoption of mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) than others, there’s no denying that the overall popularity of mobile and contactless payments are growing fast among consumers. Meanwhile, POS solution providers like Ingenico are betting on the growing popularity of contactless payments.

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed how consumers buy goods, and some of these new payment behaviors could continue well after the crisis ends. These safety and convenience considerations are pushing more consumers to use — and more merchants to enable — contactless and CNP payments. Safety Concerns Encourage Contactless Card Use .

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2016

ImageSurge, a Boston-based unattended retail service provider, is looking to change the way consumers window shop. Here’s a preview: So far, Alshine said, imageSurge has been adopted by more than 150 retail storefronts and dozens of real estate companies throughout the U.S. ” Around the Unattended Retail world.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2017

Are shopping malls doomed to fall by the wayside along with retail trends of the past? This year, Boston Retail Partners principal analyst Ken Morris shared his thoughts with Glossy on the closing department stores and what’s happening as a result. Not quite yet. But what’s interesting is what’s happening to the good malls.

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2016

Omnicommerce usually refers to where and how retailers sell their products, not necessarily who they choose to sell them with. From office supplies and communal workspaces to new ways to pay for concert tickets, more barriers to siloed retail activity are falling every day to the onslaught of retail partnerships.

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Celent Banking

APRIL 7, 2017

Many of us at Celent just came back from a busy and exciting week in Boston. The rain and clouds couldn't obscure spectacular views from the State Room overlooking the Boston harbour. Emerging Technology for Consumers. Emerging Technology for Businesses. Payments Replatforming. Payments Product.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

We all want to know what ‘it’ is it in our technology, our clothes and our personal lives.”. But despite the general interest in the area, the conversations around innovation and what’s next in technology isn’t always directed at women, or particularly tailored to their interests. And physical.

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Abrigo

JULY 25, 2023

How offering FedNow instant payments affects fraud & AML/CFT compliance What financial crime staff can do to prepare fraud and AML functions for implementing the FedNow Service for instant payments. Would you like other articles on fraud and AML/CFT compliance in your inbox? Instant payments service What is FedNow?

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PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2017

The Super Bowl may be a memory, but the somewhat improbable victory of the New England Patriots was still fresh in the minds of many at snow-jammed Boston during Innovation Project 2017. In many firms, “from SMBs up to the biggest retailers,” said the executive, assets have been siloed. Bisignano agreed (“This is a journey”).

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Celent Banking

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Its seriousness brought into stark relief by the $81mm Bangladeshi incident (something my cab driver in Boston asked about on the way to the airport!), PSD 2 is often thought of in a retail banking context, but its implications will carry over to the corporate side as well. Cyber was a focus throughout the conference.

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NCR

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

The growth of mobile banking over the last few years is a trend that should put the technology at the heart of every financial institution’s strategy. This is a message that US banks appear to be hearing loud and clear, at least according to the findings of a recent study by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2018

It’s Boston. It’s February (or maybe it’s May, because it’s still snowing in Boston). So much so that P97 will go live this week with one of the largest fuel retailers in the United States, across 10,000 U.S. The firms are eyeing a confluence of mobile commerce, digital marketing and ease of payments. Picture this.

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2018

Welcome to Five at Five , your late look at some of the freshest payments news of the day. Today’s stories include a new mark in the evolving relationship between payments and biometrics, along with a look at possible new regulation for digital currency. Amazon Expands Boston Tech Hub; Adds 2,000 New Tech Roles.

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MARCH 16, 2017

And indeed, the middle of this month has been nothing if not gusty, but daunted not the gutsy — who trekked by the hundreds to Boston for the opening of the annual Innovation Project. The winds blew cold, but discussion ran heated with ideas, writ large and granular, about the future of payments, for the first of two days.

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DECEMBER 21, 2020

And you can see it in the hustle by retailers and brands large and small to pivot their businesses and business models — and the disclaimers on just about every retail site starting a week or more ago that orders placed online might not make it in time for Christmas. One hundred and ten (110) million U.S. consumers — 47.2

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JANUARY 31, 2017

But the fast-food giant is playing quick catch-up with its in-store tech, mobile ordering and delivery initiatives — and is doing so by taking a page out of Snapchat’s playbook by blending unattended retail with marketing. Kenmore Square, Boston will activate what it calls a “customized digital Big Mac ATM.” That’s right.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2016

NanoPay is finding that for mobile payments to take off, even among early adopters, using a phone to pay must be much more rewarding and convenient than tapping a card. Korean consumers see no evil in mobile payments. The statistics get even better as the daily average number of mobile payments increased almost 83 percent to 810,000.

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OCTOBER 12, 2020

Among the leading new capabilities were curbside pickup (55 percent) and contactless payments (51 percent). In some cases, like retail and restaurants, it’s because they are open for business. And big players have demonstrated the ability to make pivots and capture average volume in a retail race that has become heavily digitized.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2017

And indeed, the middle of this month has been nothing if not gusty, but daunted not the gutsy — who trekked by the hundreds to Boston for the opening of the annual Innovation Project. The winds blew cold, but discussion ran heated with ideas, writ large and granular, about the future of payments, for the first of two days.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 29, 2018

In investment news, Boston-based Flipside Crypto notched $3.4 And technology eCommerce retailer Newegg is now accepting bitcoin for customers in Canada, CCN reported. Newegg doesn’t actually accept bitcoin directly: It uses BitPay to process the payments. The company made the donation through DonorsChoose.org.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2016

The latest news on mobile payments shows that the big banks are wanting in on the mobile wallet race, but are they already too far back in the pack? Here’s the latest news on the mobile + payments + commerce front. Miami Transportation To Offer Mobile Payments. Miami Transportation To Offer Mobile Payments.

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PYMNTS

MAY 18, 2017

From responsive mobile websites to on-demand offerings, consumers are increasingly demanding that retailers, both online and in the real world, cater to their needs in the moment. . And Boston Dynamics is working on their own robotic delivery system, which it showed off at this past April’s TED 2017 conference. On-Demand Days .

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2018

It also explains why some innovations in payments have been met with open arms by consumers and others given the cold shoulder. And why advances in the field of voice and visual, particularly when applied to authentication, are poised to become such a disruptive force across the payments and commerce landscape. Here’s why.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2018

On this day in history in the year 2009, the world of payments and commerce was changed forever. The traditional gift for a ninth anniversary is pottery, and our offices are in Boston – but, you know, no pressure.). Which made Warren Buffett, as a long-time payments enthusiast and investor, a pretty good fit for our launch interview.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2019

More than 70 percent of QSR managers see these as the main benefits of implementing technology, according to the PYMNTS Restaurant Readiness Index. Mobile ordering is available at the chain’s Denver, Boston and Houston locations, with more markets said to be in the works for this year. More than six in 10 – or 65.3 Almost half – or 47.5

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Celent Banking

JANUARY 20, 2017

Ongoing innovation in banking technology is clearly beginning to pay off, and we’ve been privileged to learn an immense amount from all of the financial institutions that took the time to tell us about their how they’ve been using technology and innovation to serve customers better, become more efficient, and mitigate risk.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2019

In a recent trend, eCommerce mattress brands have been moving into the world of brick-and-mortar retail by opening their own stores and pop-up shops to help let customers test-drive their products in real life. 22) before reportedly extending the service into Boston and New York, among other cities. now support Apple Pay.

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JANUARY 6, 2018

Boston and the areas surrounding New York didn’t get quite as lucky and were actually buried under more than a foot of snow, but the damage was done. We imagine they are still figuring out how shovel technology even works. Have you ever sees a raft with people in it traveling down one of Boston’s busy main streets?

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JANUARY 7, 2020

They can then select a host, which could be, say, a retail store or hotel, and enter their drop-off and pick-up times in addition to their number of small and/or large bags. Consumers pay for their storage by credit card, and the hosts get paid out every Friday through Stripe , which Korbel said “is our third-party payment processor.”.

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